[It's perhaps as warm and gentle as he's ever seen her. They all look out for each other in different ways, their odd crosshatch family, but Alex was the first one to really make her believe that power could be used responsibly, that people could be good. He lived it so simply and stalwartly that none of her twisted fears could argue it away, and she will always love him for that.]
Cross my heart.
You take care of my dad.
[She knows he will; knows he has for longer than she's even known him. But some things it's important to say. A blessing, in the guise of an order.]
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Cross my heart.
You take care of my dad.
[She knows he will; knows he has for longer than she's even known him. But some things it's important to say. A blessing, in the guise of an order.]